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  a Representation of the Domains Of The Lord Ti, Bringing to Him Offerings in Procession
• WordNet 3.6
  • n domain the content of a particular field of knowledge
  • n domain people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest "the Western world"
  • n domain (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
  • n domain territory over which rule or control is exercised "his domain extended into Europe","he made it the law of the land"
  • n domain a particular environment or walk of life "his social sphere is limited","it was a closed area of employment","he's out of my orbit"
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Prince Api, Borne in a Palanquin, Inspects His Funerary Domain

• Interesting fact: The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com
• • Domain (Math) a connected set of points, also called a region.
  • Domain a particular environment or walk of life.
  • Domain (Physics) a region within a ferromagnetic material, composed of a number of atoms whose magnetic poles are pointed in the same direction, and which may move together in a coordinated manner when disturbed, as by heating. The direction of polarity of adjacent domains may be different, but may be aligned by a strong external magnetic field.
  • Domain (Computers) an address within the internet computer network, which may be a single computer, a network of computers, or one of a number of accounts on a multiuser computer. The domain specifies the location (host computer) to which communications on the internet are directed. Each domain has a corresponding 32-bit number usually represented by four numbers separated by periods, as 128.32.282.56. Each domain may also have an alphabetical name, usually composed of a name plus an extension separated by a period, as worldsoul.org; the alphabetical name is referred to as a domain name.
  • Domain Dominion; empire; authority.
  • Domain Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.
  • Domain (Law) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.
  • Domain people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest.
  • Domain the field of knowledge, expertise, or interest of a person; as, he had a limited domain of discourse; I can't comment on that, it's outside my domain .
  • Domain (Math) the set of values which the independent variable of a function may take. Contrasted to range, which is the set of values taken by the dependent variable.
  • Domain The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively. "The domain of authentic history.""The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges."
  • Domain (Immunology) the three-dimensional structure within an immunoglobulin which is formed by one of the homology regions of a heavy or light chain.
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• • n domain Dominion; province of action; range or extent of authority: as, to trench on one's domain by interference.
  • n domain The territory over which dominion is exercised; the territory ruled over by a sovereign, or under the government of a commonwealth: as, the domains of Great Britain.
  • n domain An estate in land; landed property.
  • n domain The land about the mansion-house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy.
  • n domain In law, ownership of land; immediate or absolute ownership; permanent or ultimate ownership. In the last two senses the word coincides with demain, demesne.
  • n domain The range or limits of any department of knowledge or sphere of action, or the scope of any particular subject: as, the domain of religion, science, art, letters, agriculture, commerce, etc.; the judicial domain.
  • n domain In logic, the breadth, extension, circuit, or sphere of a notion.
  • n domain In the United States, the lands owned by the federal government or by a State; the public lands held for sale or reserved for specific uses.
  • n domain In mathematics: A set of numbers when the sums, differences, products, and quotients of any numbers in the set (excluding only the quotients of division by 0) always yield as results numbers belonging to the set.
  • n domain The space within which a given function is developable in a series in powers of z–a: termed the domain of the point, z = adjective
  • n domain In function-theory, the region of the z-plane within a circle about a as center with any radius less than the distance from a to the nearest critical point: called the domain of its center a. For a power series (that is, a series of ascending positive integral powers, a0 + a1x + a2 x + …) if there is a frontier value R such that when | x | ⟨ R there is absolute convergence but when | x | ⟩ R there is divergence, the open region (R) [points within a circle whose center is at O and radius R] is called the domain of the series.
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• • n Domain do-mān′ what one is master of or has dominion over: an estate: territory: ownership of land: the scope or range of any subject or sphere of knowledge
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• Simone Weil

  

  “Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.”
• Albert Einstein

  

  “Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.”
• Arthur Schopenhauer

  

  “Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.”
• Albert Einstein

  

  “Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgments of all kinds remain necessary.”

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